CULLOWHEE, N.C. - No. 74 UNCG finished the regular season with a 7-0 win over Western Carolina at the Catamount Athletic Complex on Sunday, wrapping up a perfect Southern Conference record and winning the first outright regular-season SoCon title in school history. Redshirt junior Niltooli Wilkins won her 29th singles match of the season, matching the school record.
The Spartans finished the regular season with a 16-5 overall mark and a 10-0 SoCon record, winning their first SoCon title since 1999 and their first-ever outright title in the league.
UNCG cruised past the Catamounts, who finished the regular season 1-18 overall and 0-10 in league play.
The Spartans dropped just one game in doubles play. Kayla Gammie and Annette Rios opened things up with an 8-0 win over Sarah Walters and Taylor Casey at No. 3, and Wilkins and Dilara Yurtkuran clinched the point with an 8-0 win over Ainhoa Iglesias Diaz and Megan McLinden at No. 1.
Devon Sutherland and Alex Whitehead completed the doubles sweep at No. 2, beating Karen Jimenez and Katie Barry, 8-1.
In singles play, Sutherland downed Walters 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 and Gammie beat Casey at No. 6 by an identical score. Whitehead then clinched the match at No. 2, crushing McLinden by a 6-0, 6-0 count.
Stephanie Falcon held Barry scoreless at No. 4, winning 6-0, 6-0, while Rios downed Jimenez at No. 3, 6-3, 6-1.
Wilkins capped the sweep with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Diaz at No. 1, pushing her record to 29-6 on the season and her winning streak to 19 matches. She equaled the single-season school record for wins set by Alejandra Guerra in 2009.